Just Some Random Things

Just been thinking lately of things that make me happy. I have had so much bad news in the last month, and such a crappy year, that I have just been trying to remember the good old days. So here goes.

1. I remember when we were quite young, I believe I was around four years old, Kristi and Sean used to walk with us down to the 7-11 on 7000 south and Redwood Road. It was so much fun to go and get penny and nickel candy. Then we would run across the street to Godfather's Pizza. On one particular occasion, we were running across the busy road and I fell. Right in the middle of oncoming traffic. Kristi scooped me up and ran with me to the other side, and said, "Don't tell Mom!" I don't think I ever did. If I had I am sure that would have been the end of that.
2. I remember setting up Barbie houses. We would use anything that we could find. We would use a bread pan for a bath tub, a toilet paper roll for a toilet. A shoe box for a bed and we would use books to make walls in our own little Barbie dream house. Boy did we ever have some elaborate houses.
3. We often played church. We would use the gray stool as the pulpit, and the vacuum was the microphone. We would break bread and pass the sacrament. That was a good time.
4. We also use to play dentist. We would make a retainer out of a paper clip or braces out of gum.
5. One time Lance was pushing me in my Fisher Price grocery cart, He would push me from one side of the kitchen to the other. Super fun, that is until I hit the corner of the wall and cracked my head open.
6. I remember having sleep outs in the yard. One time we were setting up in the front yard, I was in my sleeping bag getting on my pj's, when everyone started to scream. I peeked my little head out of the sleeping bag and was met by a gigantic German Shepard! Holy crap that was scary. We were all terribly afraid of dogs!

Good times I must admit. Even if there was a little physical pain involved at times. I remember them as good times.

Oh No! I Lost a Tooth!

This was on October, 28. Tysen said that his tooth was hurting him one day while he was eating his afternoon snack. I looked in his mouth and low and behold, he had two new teeth grown in behind his baby teeth. The baby teeth were not that loose. One was looser than the other. So I said, "Tysen, just let me feel this one, I promise It won't hurt." I grabbed hold of that little sucker and yanked the ever lovin' crap out of it! He cried and bled like a mad dog! I laughed my but off and felt bad that I tricked him. So I gave him five bucks. And the tooth fairy left him a dollar the next morning. That made him happy and he was able to buy a new action figure.

The second one he was very apprehensive about. He would not even let me near his mouth. So... I proceeded to chase him down and hold his tiny little mouth open. I barely touched the thing and it came out. It was definitely ready. He didn't know that it had come out, he begged and pleaded with me not to pull it. I looked at him and said, "What, you mean this thing right here?" He laughed really hard. It was funny. He made me promise to put it on my blog. I am just now getting to it, but a promise is a promise when a tooth is not involved!

Wow! What a Week

So this has been the kids first week back to school since the Christmas break. It is also the first week that I have been back in the Babysitting game.
Tysen's best little school friend, Joshua and his sister, Cassy are now my responsibility during the hours of 7AM and 4PM. While I only have Cassy for just an hour in the morning and an hour after school, and Josh for longer because he is in Kindergarten, I have forgotten how hard it is to have children other than my own.
It has gone alright this first week. Hopefully next week we will be able to work out more of the kinks and everyone can be a little more on the same page. Ha Ha!
On another note, yesterday was Emma's 4th birthday. I know, can you believe my tiny little peanut is 4 now? She has grown up so much. Not only in height, but in attitude and maturity. She cracks me up every day. She tells me that I am her best friend forever. She is my little BFF. I love the quality time I get to spend with her while the big kids are in school. Next year should be an adventure since it will be an all day thing instead of just a half day.

For her birthday she told me again that she wanted a flat box that said "Surprise" and lots a tons a clothes, those were her exact words. Also she wanted an American Girl Doll and some more stuff. Well the some more stuff I was a little unsure about. I went to the toy store and just walked around for 30 minutes. I could not think of what she would really want. She is very particular about toys and her birthday being so close to Christmas makes things hard.

So, I asked her if she would rather go shopping with mommy, and she could pick out exactly what she wanted. She really enjoyed that idea, since she had spent Monday spending her birthday money from Aunts, Uncles and Grandma and Grandpa.

She ended up with a set of "Hisicle Musical Barbies" and a "Dora Doll" and a Barbie Beverage Shop and some black shoes. I also got her some more clothes. She is a giant I tell you. I have to buy her shirts in the "Big Girls" section because she has such long everything, although she is still to skinny for the big girl pants. She only ways like 28 maybe 30lbs. She has grown up and not out.

Her American Girl Doll was delivered on her birthday. I was so excited, I didn't tell her that it was here because I did not want Lee to miss out. So we took her out to dinner and let her open it there. I looks just like her, hoopy loops and everything. I shall post a photo later.

All in all it has been a hectic week, but a good one. I am looking forward to things becoming more normal.

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!

Well, the holiday season has come to a end and all the little kiddies are back in school. Yipee!

Christmas this year was amazing. Even the school break was awsome. Normally I count the days for school to start again. This year we had such an amazing and peaceful two weeks. It could be due to the fact that the kids spent the first three days of their vacation with Kristi and Alicia. They are my personal saviors.

Each year on the weekend around the fifteenth, Lee and I dispose of the children for the weekend and we do every single bit of our shopping, wrapping and last minute cleaning before christmas. It was a little worrisome this year because Lee wasn't sure whether or not he was going to get a decent bonus. You never know when they might decide to give the the "Jam of the Month Club" instead of the usual bonus. It was a good bonus. It was exactly what we were expecting. Yeah!

On Christmas morning the kids were pleasently surprised by their gifts from Santa. Brennan asked for a Bike, Tysen wanted a Millenium Falcon, and Emma requested a flat box that says "Surprise". We weren't really sure what she meant by that so she got "Biscuit" the fur real dog. She was very excited and did not seem to miss the flat box.

Lee and I give the kids the rest of their gifts. They got a few other toys and some clothes. When the boys open their clothes they do the "Ralphy and Randy" thing and toss them aside. Emma on the other hand opened her clothes and said, "Oh yeah, clothes, I really needed those!" She really did to. Since the boys got school clothes they did not need much. Emma had four outfits that fit her. The rest looked like hip huggers and belly shirts. She has grown a good six to eight inches since last year.

I am so sad the holidays are over and on the other hand, very glad to have it over. I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season and best wishes for the new year!

Here are a few pictures from christmas morning.

For You Aunt LeeAnn

Picture Tag

This is my very most favoritest photo ever! I took this picture of little Brenny and Danica in about 2000. How precious is this. I would like to get it blown up to about 20x30 for my bedroom.

Husband Tag

Husband Tag!

What is your husbands name? Lee Robert Diaz

How long have you been married? Thirteen and a half years.

How long did you date? We dated for six months and were engaged for six months.

How old is he? 33 just since September

Who eats more sweets? Usually I do, however, when Lee gets a sweet tooth I make him go to the store. If I go it looks like I am a binge eater. He asks me to get four different kinds of sweet rolls, candy and a million other things. I learned my lesson after the first time not to go.

Who said "I love you" first? He did. It was Easter morning 1994.

Who is taller? Um let me think... He is but only by about 16 inches.

Who is the better singer? That would be me. Lee cannot carry a tune in a bucket.

Who is smarter? Lee is very much the smart one. I hated school.

Who does the laundry? I do the laundry, even though he is very good at it. He is better at ironing than I am.

Who pays the bills? Lee pays the bills. When we were first married I payed them. After a few months of emotional breakdowns we decided it was best for him to do it.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Lee

Does he snore? Yes, for sure without a doubt. If I don't fall asleep first, I don't sleep that night.

What does he do in his spare time? If it is not snowing or raining he is on the golf course. If it is, then it is TV, Sunday is football, and that is only because he did fantasy football this year, and golf shows any other time.

Does he mow the lawn? He used to, he even bought a ride on mower. But quite frankly, it looks like crap when he does it with that so I do it with a regular lawn mower.

Who cooks dinner? Ha Ha! That would be me. He can barely make ramen. Funny story, he was sick one day, so I went to the store and got him his soup, Gatorade, sprite and a few other snack things he enjoys when he is ill. He was all set, I had to leave for something and I was going to be gone for a while. I told him I was leaving, and he asked if there was anything else in the house to eat while I was gone. I told him that there was stuff to make sandwiches in the fridge. He looked at me in such a way that made me ask " What's wrong?" He responded, "I don't know how to make a sandwich." I laughed and told him that was too sad. He still doesn't make his own sandwiches.

Who drives? Depends. If we have the kids and we drive the Jetta, I drive, he does if its just the two of us, he drives. If we are in the truck, He drives. Even though he gives me major anxiety when he drives. It's not just him though, I am just a bad passenger.

Who is the first to say they are wrong? Well, I can't really say that either of us ever admit that. We don't argue about too many things. I'm not saying we don't ever disagree, we just usually both admit it I guess.

Who kissed who first? I totally kissed him first. He never really had a lot of girlfriends so he was a little inexperienced. He needed someone to take the reigns, and make the first move. I was never really that shy.

Who asked who out first? Hmm... He set me up with his friend Jason and he was supposed to go out with a mutual friend. She backed out and so it ended up being a threesome. After that he kept showing up at the end of my shift, and would say that he "forgot something". He would take me home and then one night we decided we were hungry, so we went and got something to eat. We both got food poisoning, and we were not apart for an evening after that. So I guess neither of us asked first.

Who wears the pants? In terms of finances, he does. On all other matters concerning home and family, I wear them.

Does he say he loves you everyday? At least once. He kisses me and says it every morning before he leaves for work. If he forgets, he calls and apologizes. He usually says it three or more times a day though. We are definitely an I Love You kind of family!!!

Thanks Bubba! that was fun.